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As you know the flag is indeed red, white and blue; the 13 stripes which represent the 13 British colonies that declared their independence and became the USA's first states in 1776 are only red and white. " Donald Trump has been photographed colouring in an American flag wrong ". Mr Trump was accused of hypocrisy following his attacks on NFL players for failing to respect the flag and kneel for the national anthem before games.

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In addition to signing the proclamation, Trump announced that he'd asked Vice President Mike Pence to give an address at the ceremony honoring McCain at the Capitol on Friday. The service will also include a performance of the Irish ballad "Danny Boy" by opera singer Renée Fleming. The others also speaking: Former vice president Joe Biden, former McCain chief of staff and Arizona state attorney general Grant Woods, businessman Tommy Espinoza, McCain's son Andrew and his daughter Bridget.

It follows a series of meetings between Iranian and Syrian leaders, which looks set to deepen the relationship between the two allies and entrench Tehran's influence in the war-torn in the country. The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has claimed that militants present in Idlib governate of Syria are planning to stage a "false flag" chemical attack and will blame the Syrian government for the strike, reported RT.

Reuters reported that Iranian lawyers argued to judges with the United Nations-affiliated court that the U.S.is "plainly in violation of the 1955 Treaty of Amity ", which was agreed upon as part of an effort to emphasize "friendly relations" and " mutually beneficial trade and investments " between the two nations.

The government has held out the prospect of increased trade with non-European Union countries as one of the major selling points of Brexit as it prepares to leave the bloc, now its biggest trading partner, in March next year. During her time in South Africa, Mrs May also presented a World War One relic - linked to one of the worst maritime disasters in English waters - to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa .

However, Davis told BuzzFeed News on Monday that he was the source for CNN's July 26 report - which directly contradicts what he told Cooper. These discussions are said to have occurred before Manafort was convicted on eight counts of fraud last week in Alexandria, Virginia.

Kenyatta says his country and the US have signed two agreements that will allow American companies to invest $238m for projects in the African nation. TUKO.co.ke observed trouble started when photos taken during the closed-door talks between United States and Kenyan delegations, headed by presidents Trump and Uhuru respectively, revealed the Kenyan officials went to the meeting room without pens and notepads unlike their American counterparts.

Hillary Clinton also shared her deeply felt condolences to Mr McCain's family on Twitter , writing that the Senator had "lived a life of service to his country, from his heroism in the Navy to 35 years in Congress ". "Few sacrificed more for, or contributed more to, the welfare of his fellow citizens - and indeed freedom-loving peoples around the world", he said in a statement .

The White House garnered negative press after people noticed White House flags had returned to full staff on Monday , less than two days after McCain had died. and we very much appreciate everything Senator McCain has done for our country", he told the religious leaders. In Phoenix, where a week of tributes to McCain was soon to get underway, Rick Davis , the two-time presidential candidate's former campaign manager, confirmed that Trump would not be attending the funeral.

Defense Distributed first posted designs online for a 3D-printed handgun back in 2013. After Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson , 30, won his multi-year lawsuit against the State Department in July, which gave him a license to continue to post blueprints online for 3D-printable guns, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, accompanied by the District of Columbia and 18 other state attorneys general (Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, California, ...

The original statement was drafted before McCain died Saturday, and Sanders and others edited a final version this weekend that was ready for the president, the aides said . Instead of accepting the offer, young McCain flatly declined, leaving him imprisoned for five more years. Flake also said he was proud of the way McCain voted against the GOP health care bill a year ago.

Donald Trump's long-standing animosity toward Arizona Republican Senator John McCain did not let up even after McCain's death from brain cancer on Saturday, at age 81. Speakers at events in Washington honoring McCain will include former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama , Davis said. His record of service to our country is a testament to a great man.

I mean to be able to fly airplanes, to be part of an organization filled with people I loved and respected, the ability to serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate, their presidency. As we reported. McCain's family said age was a factor in John's decision to cease treatment . McCain was the son and grandson of admirals and followed them to the U.S.

The Agency also reported two aftershocks of magnitude 3.0 on each. At least two people were killed and at least 100 were injured when a 5.9-magnitude natural disaster struck in western Iran Kermanshah province early Sunday, said the general directorate of Kermanshah Province, as reported by Iran's government news agency IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency).

The combination of terrain enhanced rain bands and a slow moving storm system means that a lot more rain is likely to fall on the Big Island . At 2 a.m. "Waiakea Uka, located just south of Hilo on the Big Island , has picked up 44.88 inches of rain since Wednesday", The Weather Channel reported. The island of Oahu, home to Honolulu and 70 percent of Hawaii's 1.4 million residents, has not experienced the same severity of effects as the Big Island so far.

He thought it must be from the bar near the competition. A livestream broadcasting the " Madden NFL 19 " tournament shows what appears to be a red dot flash across one of the victim's chests seconds before the first shots ring out. With only that information and the little available on the news, Lopez hopped in the auto to drive from Tampa to Jacksonville, about three hours away.

The jihadist group's Amaq's news agency carried no comment on the issue, and there was no immediate reaction from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission that trains and advises Afghan forces. Two people were killed. Orakzai had been responsible for a spate of terror attacks across Afghanistan including assaults on several government installations and a bombing at a school in Kabul.

Victoria had an air quality health index rating of 2 on Thursday, as did Nanaimo. However, smoke may return next week. Most Vancouver Island communities are also seeing low, or "low health risk" Air Quality Health Index (AQHI ) readings, as are Smithers, Squamish, Terrace and Whistler.

Jos Brech, the man wanted for the murder of 11-year-old Nicky Verstappen over 20 years ago, has been arrested in Spain and will be extradited to the Netherlands. A search of his property allowed detectives to find DNA traces, which they say link him to the killing of Verstappen. Last week, police revealed a DNA match between evidence from the boy's disappearance and one of Brech's relatives.